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Seeing the SNES Mini will be discontinued, I decided to grab another one. I saw a new US version for sale, so because I like the controllers that have two concave buttons, I thought it would be a nice alternative to my Euro SNES Mini. I'll try to hack it with more USB storage for other systems.
I know lots of people hate the US design, but I had one to go alongside my SFC back in the 90s, and I grew quite fond of it.Last edited by Leon Retro; 25-03-2019, 21:32.
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Payday arrived, now to add to my PS1 library it's going to be a hard choice weither i try and get all the parodius games this month or get all the pop n music games instead. All 3 parodius games however are pretty expensive and sexy parodius is a pain to find for playstation especially in nice condition it seems most of the ones on ebay are in trash shape or use stock photos.
But i did buy this masterpiece, sadly the last time Konami would use the twinbee franchise for a shooting game but it went out with a blast the game is amazing from the sung anime intro to the fully voiced characters which pop up while you play to the fantastic use of background scrolling when you preform a loop or barrel roll. I only ever played twinbee on Nintendo consoles i had no idea how amazing this game was till i tried it on my playstation mini and was blown away with how good it is. Not a cheap title but well worth the money
Also picked up Twinbee taisen puzzle dama as it has the original puzzle dama game built in as well which makes it a hell of a lot easier than trying to get the original release as most copies i have seen are either scratched or sunfaded.
Last edited by importaku; 27-03-2019, 12:29.
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Aaaaand im skint again LOL
Hobby funds all used up for another month, but i purchased a good chunk of PS1 goodness i can go for the rest of the missing parodius/pop n games next month. Just bought....
Version 2 of the pop n controller this one is way better than the first version but sadly due to age most are yellowed, think i can retrobright the tiny bit of yellowing off this one. Although in a month or so's time i'll be coughing up for the arcade controller if there are still some on ebay around then, always wanted the full sized one.
pop n 2
pop n 3
pop n 4
pop n disney tunes
pop n anime melody
Gokujou parodius deluxe pack
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Originally posted by importaku View PostPayday arrived, now to add to my PS1 library it's going to be a hard choice weither i try and get all the parodius games this month or get all the pop n music games instead. All 3 parodius games however are pretty expensive and sexy parodius is a pain to find for playstation especially in nice condition it seems most of the ones on ebay are in trash shape or use stock photos.
I was playing Parodius games on the SFC the other day -- and they always put a smile on my face. The 32-bit console versions have the benefit of even more impressive graphics.
Originally posted by importaku View PostBut i did buy this masterpiece, sadly the last time Konami would use the twinbee franchise for a shooting game but it went out with a blast the game is amazing from the sung anime intro to the fully voiced characters which pop up while you play to the fantastic use of background scrolling when you preform a loop or barrel roll. I only ever played twinbee on Nintendo consoles i had no idea how amazing this game was till i tried it on my playstation mini and was blown away with how good it is. Not a cheap title but well worth the money
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Its a shame you don't have a Japanese Saturn. Twinbee and all Parodius games are a little better on that system. Higher audio quality, faster loading times if any and I heard more graphical 2D effects. It would be interesting to see both side by side.
The Sharp X68000 also has a nice port of one of the Twinbee games.Last edited by Yakumo; 28-03-2019, 13:30.
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I noticed the saturn versions are a hell of a lot easier to find even on ebay for one copy of sexy parodius on playstation there's 10 on saturn. I have no idea why the playstation version seems so much harder to find, might have to turn to yahoo to get a decent copy. Would be interesting to see the saturn & ps1 versions side by side to see how they differ.
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Originally posted by importaku View PostI have no idea why the playstation version seems so much harder to find, might have to turn to yahoo to get a decent copy.Last edited by Leon Retro; 27-03-2019, 22:58.
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Originally posted by importaku View PostI noticed the saturn versions are a hell of a lot easier to find even on ebay for one copy of sexy parodius on playstation there's 10 on saturn. I have no idea why the playstation version seems so much harder to find, might have to turn to yahoo to get a decent copy. Would be interesting to see the saturn & ps1 versions side by side to see how they differ.
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Well that sucks i get in today to find the seller who i had bought that copy of twinbee puzzle dama from has cancelled my auction as he says he can't find it and must have sold it.
Soooo it looks like i had a bit of money free again so i bought the remaining 2 pop n games instead, yay full ps1 set now. Praying none have been used to play air hockey with, ps1 games can scratch if you even look at them funny.
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Originally posted by Leon Retro View PostI hadn't heard of the series before. It's cool that you completed the set.
After i get the last few parodius games i shall be targeting the beatmania series there's a crazy amount of releases even if i just stick to ps1. Only ever played the uk release which was absolute crap, the song list was terrible and the bundled controller was vile and cheap. Will be great to try it out properly via the japanese originals although it's not going to be cheap to get one of the pro dj controllers.
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Originally posted by doodledude View PostThey do crop up fairly often, I got a nice PS1 copy about 6 months ago from Japan on eBay
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Originally posted by Leon Retro View PostI hadn't heard of the series before. It's cool that you completed the set.
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Twinbee yahoo was the first one to turn up, been a long & tiring week in the lab at work just got in to find this waiting for me. Looking forward to getting this on after i have had a nice long soak, totally pristine copy the seller took great care in shipping. Now safely nestled away in a protector.
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